Dialogues Concerning Two New Sciences (Great Minds Series)
Contributors: Alfonso De Salvio (Translator); Henry Crew (Translator)
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Published: June 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 298
ISBN-13: 9781573920810
Subjects: Classic fiction; General; Science
First sentence: SALV. The constant activity which you Venetians display in your famous arsenal suggests to the studious mind a large field for investigation, especially that part of the work which involves mechanics; for in this department all types of instruments and machines are constantly being constructed by many artisans, among whom there must be some who, partly by inherited experience and partly by their own observations, have become highly expert and clever in explanation.